Seven Berks County museums and historical organizations have been awarded a combined $210,000 in state funding through Pennsylvania\u2019s Cultural and Historical Support Grant program.<\/p>\n
The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission announced the grants as part of nearly $4 million being distributed to 182 museums and official county historical societies across 60 counties. The funding is intended to support the continued preservation and presentation of Pennsylvania history as the nation marks its 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n
Berks County recipients include:<\/p>\n
Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles \u2014 $30,000
\nColebrookdale Railroad Preservation Trust \u2014 $40,000
\nFoundation for the Reading Public Museum \u2014 $47,000
\nGeneral Carl Spaatz USAAF Museum \u2014 $6,000
\nHawk Mountain Sanctuary Association \u2014 $47,000
\nMid-Atlantic Air Museum \u2014 $20,000
\nHistorical Society of Berks County, doing business as the Berks History Center \u2014 $20,000<\/p>\n
The Reading Public Museum and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary received the maximum grant amount available through the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cMuseums and historical societies all across the Commonwealth share in telling the story of Pennsylvania, its diverse communities and regions, and the important role they have played in our nation\u2019s story,\u201d PHMC Executive Director Andrea Lowery said. \u201cWe are thrilled to be able to help support these vital institutions in their efforts to preserve and share Pennsylvania\u2019s rich history.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cultural and Historical Support Grant program provides unrestricted operating support to qualifying museums and historical organizations. For the 2026-27 grant cycle, eligible museums were required to have an annual operating budget of more than $100,000, excluding capital and in-kind contributions, and employ at least one full-time professional or an approved equivalent.<\/p>\n
Grant amounts are determined using a formula based on a percentage of each organization\u2019s annual operating budget. Awards statewide ranged from $4,000 to a maximum of $47,000.<\/p>\n
This marks the 15th year the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission has worked with the state legislature to secure funding for museums and historical societies through the program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven Berks County museums and historical organizations have been awarded a combined $210,000 in state funding through Pennsylvania\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-284264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}